Tag: eurovision
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Melodifestivalen 2014 #3
“Oh my God, it’s The Footy Show”, I thought to myself as I watched the opening moments of the third heat of this year’s Melodifestivalen, the Swedish selection process for … Read the rest “Melodifestivalen 2014 #3”
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Melodifestivalen 2014 #2
There was a real sense of déjà vu in the second heat of this year’s Melodifestivalen, the contest which decides which act will represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest.… Read the rest “Melodifestivalen 2014 #2”
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Melodifestivalen 2014 #1 – The Melfest Crisis
For the last few days I’ve been struggling. I’ve been unable to decide if it was the songs or the hosts of this year’s first edition of Melodifestivalen which were … Read the rest “Melodifestivalen 2014 #1 – The Melfest Crisis”
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Eurovision 2013
“So do you think all the Eurovision Parties in Sydney will always be shit, or do you think they’ll ever get better?”, a friend of mine asked me as we … Read the rest “Eurovision 2013”
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Lycka till Sverige!
It’s no wonder Sweden won last year. Loreen had a great song in “Euphoria” which she performed very, very well. In ten or twenty years time, I’m pretty sure it … Read the rest “Lycka till Sverige!”
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Eurovision Song Contest & Sweden
As we count down to this weekend’s Eurovision Song Contest, I’m still a little disappointed Sweden didn’t have the guts to choose Army Of Lovers as their entrant. The song … Read the rest “Eurovision Song Contest & Sweden”
Thanks so much for suggesting I read this piece, It was an incredibly tough read, but I’m glad I stuck…
I love this story. It reminds me of a segment James used to host called "One Degree of Separation," based…
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I know what you mean. I'm going to write a post some day about how I use my mobile phone…